It plays great, so far, but I need to add some relief for the .09 gauge strings and the tremolo arm needs to be tightened a lot, it's so loose it' s unusable. The guitar is used to has a couple of dings, but nothing too bad. Couple of QC issue I noticed is that there's some kind of hair or something stuck in the finish, on the binding, I took a photo of it, and the other is that the pick guard is a little too big in some places and extends the curve of the guitar, no biggies, and nothing I can't fix.
I assume this is a non-Dana model made entirely in Japan, although it does say Mosrite USA in the case. The warranty card says it's a USA V-63 reissue, serial number 0034. I didn't look at the pickups, they sound ok but look more like the Hallmark pickups, sooner or later I'll pop the M3 pickups in there. The pots are CTS 500k and it appears to have a small, orange ceramic cap, .05. I was going to replace it with a Jensen PIO .047 but I might keep it like this
Compared to the 1966, the neck is different, not too much but not as flat as the '66 and it has frets, similar to Hallmark frets. I have been getting to grips with the Speed Frets of the original, and while the 1963 is a great guitar, the 1966 is more Mosrite sounding, as it should be.
I know for the money I could have gotten another original, but I wanted a sidejack, ink blue, and I'm happy with it.
Along with the shipment I also received my Retroman Rite On germanium fuzz based on the Mosrite Germanium Fuzzrite, and it's great!
Once I get some videos of the guitars I'll post some clips but for now, here are some photos.
How do you like it? I'll get some clips up by next weekend!
here you can see a some kind of hair in the finish in the binding, really small but there
here you can see the pick guard is bigger than the body, might have to cut it myself
real nice carve
with it's 1966 Californian relative
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